लीलोवाच । दृश्यते कारणात्कार्यं सुविलक्षणमम्बिके । अम्ब्वादातुमशक्ता मृद्घटस्तज्ज्ञस्तदास्पदम् ॥ १९ ॥
līlōvāca | dṛśyatē kāraṇātkāryaṁ suvilakṣaṇamambikē | ambvādātumaśaktā mṛdghaṭastajjñastadāspadam || 19 ||
Translation
Līlā said: "An effect is seen to be quite unlike its cause, mother: clay is unable to hold water, while the pot made of it is the place for it."
Word by word
- dṛśyatē
- is seen
- kāraṇāt
- from its cause
- kāryaṁ
- an effect
- suvilakṣaṇam
- quite unlike
- ambikē
- mother
- ambu
- water
- ādātum
- to hold
- aśaktā
- is unable
- mṛd
- clay
- ghaṭas
- (ghaṭaḥ) the pot
- taj
- (tat) of it
- jñas
- (jñaḥ) made, born
- tad
- (tat) for it
- āspadam
- the place
Meaning
The commentary on Līlā's objection: a lump of clay cannot hold water, but the pot made of clay can; so the effect is very unlike its cause. She knows her logic.